REPARTO BONGIOVANNI - VACCARO

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REPARTO BONGIOVANNI - VACCARO
L'ora del pasto Group in terracotta composed of four figures, the base bearing the inscription: Bongiovanni.Vaccaro da Caltagirone Premiale Nella Universale Esposizione de Londra 1862 (Bongiovanni. Vaccaro de Caltagirone awarded at the Universal Exhibition in London in 1862). Second half of the nineteenth century. (small accidents). Total H_29,5 cm W_34 cm D_21,5 cm Giacomo Bongiovanni (1772 - 1859) was born in Caltagirone (in Catania), where the Art of the ceramics was very flourishing. Naturally inclined to the rendering of figures, he was introduced to the traditional technique of terracotta figurines by his older brother, Salvatore, a sculptor in Rome. He opened a workshop in 1794. Born in 1809, Giuseppe Vaccaro († in 1889), his sister's son, joined him in his workshop-boutique in Caltagirone, which took the name "Bongiovanni- Vaccaro". Insightful and endowed with a keen sense of observation, fine and witty, their sculptures represent with realism the humble actors of the towns and villages of Sicily in natural postures and a great vivacity of expression. They share with us short moments of the life of shepherds, farmers, fishermen, cobblers... of the popular, middle-class and family life of the 19th century. Their works, which bear witness to Sicilian traditions, have found their way into public and private collections in Caltagirone, Palermo and elsewhere in Europe. Bibl.: "Genti di Sicilia, opere dalla bottega Bongiovanni-Vaccaro a palazzo Arrezo Donnafugata", ("People of Sicily, works from the Bongiovanni- Vaccaro workshop at the Arezzo Donnafugata palace"), Ragusa, Italy, from May 15 to June 30, 2021]
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